Potsdam, SLC girls hockey comebacks denied

Canton turned back St. Lawrence Central in High School Girls Hockey on Wednesday while Beekmantown handed Potsdam its first loss in Wednesdays NYS Girls Hockey action.

Canton 4, SLC 3: At the SUNY Canton rink, the host Lady Bears built a 3-1 lead but needed a pair of late third-period goals secure the win.

SLCs Lydia Cosgrove broke through for an unassisted goal just 3:37 into the game but Canton tied the game with 4:44 left in the first period on a goal by Taylor Marcellus that was assisted by Natalie Giglio.

Blake Orosz made it 2-1 assisted by Samantha Mace and Giglio pushed the lead to 3-1 finishing off a play set up by Samantha Mace and Mary Kait Mace.

Madee Derouchie tied the game with 2:12 left in the period assisted by Paige DeBeer.

Orosz, who had been stopped twice before in the third period on partial breakaway attempts by SLC netminder Steph Peets, controlled a loose puck deep in the Canton zone and went end-to-end to score the eventual game-winning goal on a breakaway with 3:51 left in regulation. She went on to seal the win and complete her hattrick with an empty-net goal set up by Mackenzie Comeau with just 15 seconds remaining.

Beekmantown 2, Potsdam 1: In an early season matchup of unbeatens at Pine Street Arena, Regan Matott connected for an unassisted power play goal with 4:27 left in regulation to lift the visiting Eagles to the win.

Lauren OConnor opened the scoring in the first period for Beekmantown off an assist from Matott but the Lady Sandstoners pulled even just 4:32 into the second when Megan Plumb finished off a play set up by Megan Stevenson.